The Facility for Animal Care and Treatment hosts open house on Saturday, March 4, from 1 to 4 p.m. at its facility in the Environmental Studies Area at California State University, Bakersfield.

Visitors can:

See FACT's new kestrel display.

See the beginnings of the new golden eagle display.

See a variety of local birds of prey, including red-tailed hawk, Swainson's hawk, peregrine falcon, great horned owl, burrowing owl, and golden eagle, as well as, songbirds, dragonflies, butterflies, squirrels, gophers, lizards, and more.

Touch a live barn owl or great horned owl and study owl pellets to learn what wild owls have eaten.

CSUB students and faculty will give tours and demonstrations of birds of prey. Educational gifts and souvenirs will be available for purchase to support the non-profit wildlife rescue and education program.

Open house is open to the public free of charge.

FACT hosts open house on the first Saturday of the month October through May. The next open house is scheduled April 1.